Greatest years for best actor nominees

Greatest years for best actor nominees (February 2017)

I had previously done the strongest years for best actress and best picture nominees. These are the best years for best actor nominees ever. These are some of the greatest actors of all time in some of their best performance.

20.1941- Gary Cooper- Sergeant York, Cary Grant- Penny Serenade, Walter Huston- the Devil and Daniel Webster, Robert Montgomery- Here comes Mr. Jordan, Orson Welles- Citizen Kane

19. 1943- Paul Lukas- Watch on the Rhine, Humphrey Bogart- Casablanca, Gary Cooper- For Whom the Bell Tolls, Walter Pidgeon- Madame Curie, Mickey Rooney- the Human Comedy

18. 1958- David Niven- Separate Tables, Tony Curtis- the Defiant Ones, Paul Newman- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sidney Poitier- the Defiant Ones, Spencer Tracy- the Old man and the sea

17. 1946- Fredric March- the Best Years of our lives, Laurence Olivier- Henry V, Larry Parks- the Jolson Story, Gregory Peck- the Yearling, James Stewart- It’s a Wonderful Life

16. 1987-Michael Douglas- Wall Street, William Hurt- Broadcast News, Marcello Mastroianni- Dark Eyes, Jack Nicholson- Ironweed, Robin Williams- Good Morning Vietnam

15. 1992- Al Pacino- Scent of a Woman, Robert Downey Jr.- Chaplin, Clint Eastwood- the Unforgiven, Stephen Rea- the Crying Game, Denzel Washington- Malcom X

14. 1950- Jose Ferrer- Cyrano de Bergerac, Louis Calhern- the Magnificent Yankee, William Holden- Sunset Boulevard, James Stewart- Harvey, Spencer Tracy- Father of the Bride

13. 1964- Rex Harrison- My Fair Lady, Richard Burton- Becket, Peter O’Toole- Becket, Anthony Quinn- Zorba the Greek, Peter Sellers- Dr. Strangelove

12. 1974- Art Carney- Harry and Tonto, Albert Finney- Murder on the Orient Express, Dustin Hoffman- Lenny, Jack Nicholson- Chinatown, Al Pacino- the Godfather Part II

11. 1969- John Wayne- True Grit, Richard Burton- Anne of a Thousand Days, Dustin Hoffman- Midnight Cowboy, Peter O’Toole- Goodbye Mr. Chips, Jon Voight- Midnight Cowboy

10. 1951- Humphrey Bogart- the African Queen, Marlon Brando- A Streetcar Named Desire, Montgomery Clift- A Place in the Sun, Arthur Kennedy- Bright Victory, Fredric March- Death of a Salesman

9. 1952- Gary Cooper- High Noon, Marlon Brando- Viva Zapata!. Kirk Douglas- the Bad and the Beautiful, Jose Ferrer- Moulin Rouge, Alec Guinness- the Lavender Hill Mob

8. 1959- Charlton Heston- Ben Hur, Laurence Harvey- Room at the Top, Jack Lemmon- Some like it hot, Paul Muni- the Last Angry Man, James Stewart- Anatomy of a Murder

7. 1956-Yul Brynner- the King and I, James Dean- Giant, Kirk Douglas- Lust for Life, Rock Hudson- Giant, Laurence Olivier- Richard III

6. 1976- Peter Finch- Network, Robert De Niro- Taxi Driver, Giancarlo Giannini- Seven Beauties, William Holden- Network, Sylvester Stallone- Rocky

5. 1953- William Holden- Stalag 17, Marlon Brando- Juius Caesar, Richard Burton- the Robe, Montgomery Clift- From here to Eternity, Burt Lancaster- From here to Eternity

4. 1962- Gregory Peck- to Kill a Mockingbird, Burt Lancaster- Birdman of Alcatraz, Jack Lemmon- the Days of Wine and Roses, Marcelllo Mastroianni- Divorce Italian Style, Peter O’ Toole- Lawrence of Arabia

3. 1940- James Stewart- the Philadelphia Story, Charlie Chaplin- the Great Dictator, Henry Fonda- the Grapes of Wrath, Raymond Massey- Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Laurence Olivier- Rebecca

2. 1939- Robert Donat- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Clark Gable- Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier- Wuthering Heights, Mickey Rooney- Babes in Arms, James Stewart- Mr. Smith goes to Washington

1. 1967-Rod Steiger- in the Heat of the Night, Warren Beatty- Bonnie and Clyde, Dustin Hoffman- the Graduate, Paul Newman- Cool Hand Luke, Spencer Tracy- Guess who’s coming to dinner